Description
We present NLO calculation of the virtual photon to light vector meson impact factor in the QCD shock wave approach. This paves the way to the quantitative study of high-energy nucleon and nucleus saturation beyond the leading order.
Authors
Andrey Grabovsky
(Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics)
Dmitry Ivanov
Lech Szymanowski
(National Centre for Nuclear Research)
Renaud Boussarie
(IFJ Krakow)
Samuel Wallon